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| Posted on 2011-07-21 03:05:56 AM |
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Alright, here's a little predicament I have. A few weeks ago, I had a problem, where the fans inside my computer would just die. If I stuck my hand in the computer (which is extremely safe ;D) and jiggled it, the fans would just somehow magically turn on.
That's over now, and I don't have to worry about it, but I'm still paranoid. My computer runs on fans, fans, tons of fans, if the fans die down, the CPU will go to 70 degrees celsius in a matter of minutes. I used to leave my computer on overnight, but I'm afraid the fans will die or something.
And the reason this is a problem is because, guess what, I'm a kiddle, and don't know anything about computers. If the PC overheats and fries soemthing inside, I don't know what to do about it, and I probably couldn't differentiate what it was that burnt out anyway. I can't pay for it, really!
So the question at hand, what can I do to make my PC automatically shut down if the temperature goes too high? My PC doesn't automatically do this, which is why I'm bothering to ask.
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| Posted on 2011-07-21 04:51:07 AM |
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Which fans? How many?
As far as I'm concerned, it's either a problem with the Fan(s) or the PSU.
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| Posted on 2011-07-21 06:37:55 AM |
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Moved to Tech Desk
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| Posted on 2011-07-21 06:39:16 PM |
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At least five fans. They don't just die out anymore, but I'm still afraid that they just will when I'm away or something.
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| Posted on 2011-07-23 02:08:52 AM |
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I think your PSU has a low wattage, which isn't able to sustain the correct amount of consistent electronic flow through the pc to allow the fans to all run simultaneously.
A new psu costs like, $80
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| Posted on 2011-07-24 03:35:29 AM |
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My PC fans work now, they don't just randomly die out, but I want something to turn off the computer if they do. Because of paranoia, yeah. Is there a program or something that'll do that?
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| Posted on 2011-07-24 05:28:14 AM |
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Coretemp
There's an option to turn off the computer if the CPU gets too hot.
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| Last edited on 2011-07-24 05:28:37 AM by Desert-Fox. |
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| Posted on 2011-07-25 12:01:16 AM |
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On my old computer at least, the computer would automatically turn itself off if it got too hot, which it did, repeatedly. I wouldn't be surprised if your BIOS has a built-in option to turn off if the temperature gets too high.
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| Posted on 2011-07-26 06:37:10 AM |
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Only if it's at most 5 years old
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| Posted on 2011-07-27 09:36:57 PM |
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Originally posted by Desert-FoxCoretemp
There's an option to turn off the computer if the CPU gets too hot.
It does! That's the answer I wanted to begin with.  Thanks for this!
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| Posted on 2011-07-28 12:46:35 PM |
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Originally posted by BoomethOriginally posted by Desert-FoxCoretemp
There's an option to turn off the computer if the CPU gets too hot.
It does! That's the answer I wanted to begin with. Thanks for this!
No its not the answer.
Have a look at this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154003
If you said your computer was spiking past 65c on a consistant basis, did your computer sound off an alarm and quickly shut ifself down ?
If that happened, get some guidance on taking off your cpu heatsink for your desktop.
The highest intel cpu can handle is 110c the highest a amd can withstand is 90c.
Take a lint free papertowel and green alcohol, one little dab,and wipe off your old dried up grease.
let it sit for 10 minutes to dry and take that grease or which ever you get and put 4 small pea drops on your cpu like this.
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Put on your heatsink and twist left and right once before latching back on.
Let it sit for 2 minute let the gease settle out before turning on your pc.
Check your bios thermal guage and make sure your cpu idles between 32c-42c.
When it gets colder it will perform much more better, remember to clean off your heatsinks metal blades so that heat and dust doesn't build up over the next month or so.
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| Last edited on 2011-07-28 12:49:01 PM by MikeXP-Technology-solutions. |
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| Posted on 2011-07-28 05:38:28 PM |
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Even if you don't have any thermal paste for reapplying some heatsinks and fans, (most are twisting, but if you're cautious, you may not want to take it off) just open your computer, get a can of compressed air, and blast onto fans and other dusty places. I found the flat side of PCI cards are dust magnets. Does wonders for temperature and the sound of fans.
Coretemp is handy, but for this it's only a workaround. You need top open it up and just blast. Doing what Mike said will do even more.
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